The problem is with the concept of "deep theory" -- the idea that there's some immortal science that transcends its given time or place or set of material conditions.
Theory should be treated as a set of good ideas that still have considerable value today, but not as a body of infallible prophecy that means American politics in the 2020s will play out exactly like Russian or German politics in the 1920s (or Chinese politics in the 1930s and '40s, or Cuban politics in the 1950s, etc.). Occasionally leftist will lose sight of the former in favor of the latter.
The problem is with the concept of "deep theory" -- the idea that there's some immortal science that transcends its given time or place or set of material conditions.
Theory should be treated as a set of good ideas that still have considerable value today, but not as a body of infallible prophecy that means American politics in the 2020s will play out exactly like Russian or German politics in the 1920s (or Chinese politics in the 1930s and '40s, or Cuban politics in the 1950s, etc.). Occasionally leftist will lose sight of the former in favor of the latter.
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